AN IPSWICH court has heard how a former treasurer left local, state and national pipe band associations reeling after swindling more than $200,000
While the stolen money was blown on poker machines, clubs including the popular Ipswich Thistle Pipe Band were unknowingly being pushed into financial crisis.
This week the former treasurer, Katrina Stead, was convicted of the thefts and sentenced to four years jail.
Her sentence will be suspended for five years after she serves 15 months of actual time behind bars.
Katrina Marcella Stead, 45, from Riverview, pleaded guilty in Ipswich District Court to three charges of stealing, including $158,190 from Pipe Bands Australia between January and December 2016; $27,750 from Ipswich Thistle Pipe Ban…
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